Deck 1: The Political Culture,People,and Economy of Texas

Question 1

Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?

A) the Interior Lowlands
B) the Basin and Range Province
C) the Gulf Coastal Plains
D) the Great Plains

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Provincialism is best defined as

A) the belief that God will lead.
B) a narrow view of the world.
C) the belief in an active government.
D) the belief in the free market.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Political culture is a term used to describe

A) the level of education and learning in a particular state.
B) the degree of public support for the arts.
C) the broadly shared values and beliefs about government.
D) the amount of partisan bickering in a state.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following does NOT reflect one of the historic characteristics that make up Texas political culture?

A) provincialism
B) the dominance of business interests
C) the strong role of labor unions
D) the dominance of the Democratic Party

Question 5

Texas's political life grew out of which region?

A) the Interior Lowlands
B) the Gulf Coastal Plains
C) the Interior Highlands
D) the Great Plains

Question 6

States that exhibit a distinctive culture that is the "product of their entire history" are an example of

A) political behavior.
B) political culture.
C) politics.
D) state's rights.

Question 7

Houston is found in the Texas

A) Interior Lowlands.
B) Great Plains.
C) Basin and Range Province.
D) Gulf Coastal Plains.

Question 8

Which of the following combinations of political cultures has most influenced Texas history and politics?

A) individualistic and moralistic
B) individualistic and Puritan
C) moralistic and traditionalistic
D) individualistic and traditionalistic

Question 9

Texas has four distinct physical regions EXCEPT

A) the Gulf Coastal Plains.
B) the Interior Lowlands.
C) the Interior Highlands.
D) the Great Plains.

Question 10

Which of the following political groups have traditionally had the LEAST influence on Texas politics?

A) labor unions
B) business groups
C) trial lawyers
D) Democratic Party

Question 11

Approximately how long did one-party Democratic rule last in Texas?

A) 10 years
B) 50 years
C) 100 years
D) 150 years

Question 12

The term privatization of public property established

A) Texas as the second-largest state in size, next to Alaska.
B) the preservation of the Gulf Coastal Plains as the most important ongoing public policy.
C) property rules and regulations under which economic development would take place in the state.
D) the exact boundaries of Texas following the Mexican American War.

Question 13

Which of the following would best characterize traditional,individualistic political culture?

A) low taxes and minimized social services
B) government is expected to take action to advance the public welfare
C) government policies designed to benefit the political elite
D) encouragement of active participation in government

Question 14

Which city is located in the Great Plains region of Texas?

A) Lubbock
B) Fort Worth
C) El Paso
D) Houston

Question 15

Which of the following types of political culture stresses the importance of the individual and private initiative?

A) individualistic
B) traditionalistic
C) moralistic
D) socialistic

Question 16

Politically,urban areas and suburban areas in Houston,Austin,and Dallas-Fort Worth can be characterized as ________ and ________ areas.

A) Republican; Democratic
B) Tea Party; Republican
C) Democratic; Republican
D) Democratic; Tea Party

Question 17

Which of the following has traditionally dominated the political culture of Texas?

A) labor unions
B) business interests
C) environmentalist groups
D) the Catholic Church

Question 18

Which economic industry does NOT originate in the Gulf Coastal Plains region?

A) cattle raising
B) timber production
C) cotton production
D) petrochemical

Question 19

Traditionalistic political cultures,according to Daniel Elazar,are typically found in the

A) Northeast.
B) West.
C) South.
D) Midwest.

Question 20

Since the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries,the Border region,including El Paso,McAllen,and Brownsville,has remained politically a ________ bastion.

A) Democratic Party
B) Republican Party
C) Tea Party
D) competitive two-party

Question 21

In 1950,the Supreme Court case Sweatt v.Painter

A) guaranteed African Americans admission to Texas's graduate and professional schools.
B) outlawed poll taxes.
C) ended segregation of public schools.
D) ended black codes.

Question 22

The regulation of oil and energy in Texas is performed by

A) the Texas Railroad Commission.
B) the Texas Department of Oil and Gas.
C) the governor of Texas.
D) ExxonMobil.

Question 23

Which factor contributed to the increase in the population of Texas?

A) domestic migration from Alaska and Hawaii
B) international immigration from Asia
C) a natural increase of births in proportion to deaths
D) people moving to Texas from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina

Question 24

Which technological change did NOT help define and redefine the Texas political economy over the last 150 years?

A) cotton production
B) cattle distribution
C) the oil industry
D) large-scale irrigation from underwater reservoirs, particularly the Ogallala Aquifer

Question 25

Technological change in Texas is best evidenced by the

A) Civil War's positive effect on the Texas economy.
B) boom-and-bust cycle of the oil industry.
C) development of a high-tech industry after a slump in oil prices.
D) continued reliance on ranching.

Question 26

Which two Texas metropolitan areas are national centers for the high-tech industry?

A) Lubbock and Midland
B) Houston and El Paso
C) Dallas and Austin-San Marcos
D) San Antonio and Waco

Question 27

As of 2015,there were approximately ________ Latinos residing in Texas.

A) 5.1 million
B) 10.6 million
C) 19 million
D) 35 million

Question 28

Which of the following elements dominated the land-based economy of post-Reconstruction Texas and is/are still important today?

A) cattle only
B) cotton and oil only
C) oil and cattle only
D) oil, cotton, and cattle

Question 29

Higher education in Texas has benefited most from what industry?

A) cattle
B) cotton
C) oil & gas
D) dairy

Question 30

The white primary,which was the practice of excluding African Americans from Democratic Party elections in Texas,was found unconstitutional as a result of which court case?

A) Griswold v. Connecticut
B) NAACP v. Carson
C) Sweatt v. Painter
D) Smith v. Allwright

Question 31

Following the Civil War,the ________ industry took off.

A) cattle
B) cotton
C) oil
D) trade with Mexico

Question 32

Which country is the top importer of Texas exports?

A) Canada
B) China
C) Taiwan
D) Mexico

Question 33

What year was the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)signed?

A) 1972
B) 1982
C) 1988
D) 1992

Question 34

The origins of ranching and the cattle industry extend back to the late ________ century?

A) seventeenth
B) eighteenth
C) nineteenth
D) twentieth

Question 35

When compared to the rest of the nation,the population of Texas

A) is relatively young.
B) is primarily an African American majority.
C) has a lower percentage of its population living below the poverty level than the national poverty rate.
D) has experienced a decline in Asian residents.

Question 36

Which racial or ethnic group in Texas is concentrated in East Texas?

A) Hispanics
B) German Americans
C) African Americans
D) Asian Americans

Question 37

New technologies such as ________ and ________ led to a new boom era of oil and gas production in Texas beginning in 2008 and continuing through today.

A) oil; cotton
B) horizontal drilling; fracking
C) fracking; vertical drilling
D) steel production; fracking

Question 38

Which event occurred at Spindletop,Texas?

A) Oil was discovered.
B) The first free-range ranch in Texas was established.
C) The last battle for Texas independence was fought.
D) The state's worst race riots occurred.

Question 39

Low taxes and low services,pro-business and free market government caused Texans to experience the ________.

A) Texas economic miracle
B) Great Recession of 2007
C) consolidation of the economy
D) surge in real estate value

Question 40

Who led the Grange and Populist movements of the late nineteenth century?

A) tenant farmers
B) cattle barons
C) labor union members
D) the railroad industry

Question 41

The economy of San Antonio rests on all of the following EXCEPT

A) national military bases.
B) educational institutions.
C) the high-tech industry.
D) tourism.

Question 42

Texas was one of the last states to enter the Great Recession and was one of the first to exit.

Question 43

Drilling and fracking led to a new boom era of oil and gas production in Texas from 2008 and carrying through until today.

Question 44

Oil was the primary industry in Texas during the nineteenth century.

Question 45

Dallas developed in the late nineteenth century as a result of

A) the intersection of two railroad lines.
B) the development of the Port of Dallas.
C) the easy access to the Rio Grande River.
D) the development of a large international airport.

Question 46

Like the one-party Democratic state,Texas provincialism has faded as a defining feature of the political culture.

Question 47

Creative destruction provides a useful way to think about the economic changes that have shaped and reshaped the Texas economy.

Question 48

The Border region is typically a Democratic Party bastion.

Question 49

Texas political culture is best described as moralistic political.

Question 50

Which city in Texas currently has the largest population?

A) San Antonio
B) Dallas
C) Houston
D) El Paso

Question 51

Since 2002,all major statewide elected offices have been controlled by Republicans.

Question 52

Cotton is one of the oldest crops grown in Texas.

Question 53

Over the last thirty years Texas has dispensed more on oil and gas for jobs than it did in the years previous.

Question 54

Historically,the economy of Fort Worth has been associated with what industry?

A) oil
B) cattle
C) computer technology
D) shipping

Question 55

Which statement regarding urbanization in Texas is INCORRECT?

A) More than 85 percent of Texans now live in urban areas.
B) Historically, Texas urbanization depended on the spread of the railroads.
C) The origins of cities in Texas are found in Native American civilizations.
D) Urban life initially began along the Gulf Coast and gradually expanded west.

Question 56

Throughout Texas's history,business interests have dominated Texan political culture.

Question 57

Agriculture accounts for 35 percent of the contemporary Texan workforce.

Question 58

In recent times,oil and gas royalties have created some of the largest university endowments for all University of Texas and Texas A&M schools.

Question 59

Texas's political life grew out of the Gulf Coastal Plains.

Question 60

Dallas is located in the Basin and Range Province.

Question 61

On average,Texans are younger than the rest of the citizens of the United States.

Question 62

What distinctive features have shaped politics in Texas? Discuss how they have shaped Texas politics.

Question 63

Describe the major changes and developments in the Texas economy over time.How has Texas's economy exemplified the theory of creative destruction? In what ways has NAFTA affected the political economy of the state?

Question 64

People of Asian origin make up about 4.5 percent of the population of Texas today.

Question 65

Discuss the influences of political culture on the study of Texas government and politics.

Question 66

Describe the distinct economy and development of the three major cities of Texas.How has urbanization changed the character of Texas?

Question 67

NAFTA has created a free-trade market throughout North and Central America.

Question 68

What have been some of the major demographic changes in Texas over the years? What have been the different social and political experiences of the three main ethnic groups in Texas?

Question 69

Two of the most important factors that may have helped Texas escape the worst of the Great Recession were an increasingly diversified economy lubricated by international trade and a resurgent oil and gas industry.

Question 70

Houston is the second-largest city in the United States.